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Z?m wins $150M from San Francisco schools to modernize and electrify student transport

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m, a startup that wants to upgrade student transportation, a five-year $150 million contract to modernize its transport service throughout the district. m’s transportation solution for SFUSD is expected to save the district $3 million per year on average, based on the cost of the incumbent’s solution. Aside from Z?

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From electric charging to supply chain management, InMotion Ventures preps Jaguar for a sustainable future

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Its 15 active investments run the gamut from autonomous vehicles, to car insurance tech, to ride-sharing, and travel planning, but increasingly the firm is focusing its efforts on vehicle electrification and sustainable supply chains. “It has applications across any industry.”

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Starship Technologies picks up €50M from the EU’s investment arm to expand its fleet of autonomous delivery robots

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Starship Technologies is describing this as a “quasi-equity facility”, meaning there is a venture loan involved in the mix. The addressable market for campuses that would likely use Starship’s services is around 400-500, he said, “but grocery is billions of dollars.

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Shell invests in LanzaJet to speed up deliveries of its synthetic aviation fuel

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“LanzaJet’s technology opens up a new and exciting pathway to produce SAF using an AtJ process and will help address the aviation sector’s urgent need for SAF. Upon completion it would be the first commercial-scale plant for sustainable synthetic jet fuel, with a capacity of 10 million gallons per year.

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Nym gets $6M for its anonymous overlay mixnet to sell privacy as a service

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Commenting in a statement, Will Wolf of Polychain Capital, said: “We’re incredibly excited to partner with the Nym team to further their mission of bringing robust, sustainable and permissionless privacy infrastructure to all Internet users. The node-hopping component of Nym’s network shares a feature with the Tor network.

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The Station: Waymo sues to protect trade secrets, Wisk lands more Boeing capital and a chat with Toyota’s chief scientist

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The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. The fourth round of the Transit Tech Lab has launched and is looking for technologists to submit ideas on ways to restore customer confidence in public transportation, improve resilience to weather extremes, and further reduce the region’s carbon footprint.

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Scooters, Clear Lanes, And Permissionless Innovation

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Whereas Google and Facebook didn’t require permission to write the code for and distribute its products on the web, companies like Uber over the last decade and the rash of scooter outfits today require many points of permission to sustain. The impact of software on transportation and housing is evident.].